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November 8, 2006 07:25 AM

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SnowItch

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I've done several searches and haven't been able to determine if what I want to do is possible.

 I have a Philips DSR704 that I just baked using the ptvnet 6.2.  I was trying to use a static IP, but when I set the unit to a static IP, MRV stopped working.

 I did see one post that stated that if all of the ip address information was stripped out of rc.sysinit.author and added into MFS, that it would work.  Unfortunately, there weren't any details on MFS.

 I've started playing with workarounds to reserve my dhcp address (static dhcp), but I'd really prefer using a static address if it is possible to do so and still maintain MRV.

 Thanks in advance for any help or guidance

--SnowItch

5 Phillips DSR-704s and counting
All Directivos hacked and HMO enabled

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Generic Member Avatar
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November 8, 2006 7:27 AM

I'm  sorry, I forgot to add that I am using the Netgear FA-120 (no problems with networking) and I am using a Windows 2000 server for DHCP and DNS.

--SnowItch

5 Phillips DSR-704s and counting
All Directivos hacked and HMO enabled

Yog-Sothoth Avatar
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November 8, 2006 7:49 PM

Comment out all lines in rc.sysinit.author that mention either static IP or DHCP:

#STATIC_IP=192.168.1.98
#NETMASK=255.255.255.0
#BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
#GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

and

# Check flags for IP address (we recommend you just stick with DHCP)
#if [ -f /init/ptv_flags/DHCP_ON ]; then
#    /ptvupgrade/bin/dhcp_enable.ptv
#    fi
#
#if [ -f /init/ptv_flags/STATIC_ON ]; then
#        ifconfig eth0 $STATIC_IP broadcast $BROADCAST netmask $NETMASK
#        route add default gw $GATEWAY
#    fi

Before rebooting, drop netconfig.itcl into your /ptvupgrade/tivowebplus directory, do a "Quick Reload" of TivoWebPlus, and click on the new Net Config link in TWP (on the main page). After you have entered the IP info, restart the TiVo.

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HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

Generic Member Avatar
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November 9, 2006 2:00 PM

Yog-Sothoth said: Comment out all lines in rc.sysinit.author that mention either static IP or DHCP: #STATIC_IP=192.168.1.98
#NETMASK=255.255.255.0
#BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
#GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 and # Check flags for IP address (we recommend you just stick with DHCP)
#if [ -f /init/ptv_flags/DHCP_ON ]; then
#    /ptvupgrade/bin/dhcp_enable.ptv
#    fi
#
#if [ -f /init/ptv_flags/STATIC_ON ]; then
#        ifconfig eth0 $STATIC_IP broadcast $BROADCAST netmask $NETMASK
#        route add default gw $GATEWAY
#    fi Before rebooting, drop netconfig.itcl into your /ptvupgrade/tivowebplus directory, do a "Quick Reload" of TivoWebPlus, and click on the new Net Config link in TWP (on the main page). After you have entered the IP info, restart the TiVo.

I tried this.  By drop, do you mean to create the file?  I did a "touch netconfig.itcl" and did a chmod to 755.  I don't see a new Net Config link on TWP.

 On another issue (maybe related), when I try to do a Reload on TivoWebPlus, the Start button on the Reload page doesn't display a button (it has a red x with start).  If I click on where the button is supposed to be, I get page not found and have to telnet into the Directivo and manual restart TivoWebPlus.

 

--SnowItch

5 Phillips DSR-704s and counting
All Directivos hacked and HMO enabled

Yog-Sothoth Avatar
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November 9, 2006 6:26 PM

I'm not sure I know what you mean by "create the file." Download the second netconfig.itcl file from the DDB thread I linked above. I would give you a direct link to the file, but that is frowned upon at DDB.

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HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

Generic Member Avatar
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November 10, 2006 4:06 PM

Thanks again for the reply.  Sorry, but I didn't see that you were posting a link. 

 Downloaded the link and found some other advice threads on getting tivowebplus to work with 6.2.

 Finally gave up and replaced my entire tivowebplus directory with the version posted by Rbauch.

 That fixed many of my issues, but my NowShowing still would list correctly.  After doing a few more hours of poking around, I found a newer version of TivoWebPlus (1.4 beta).  I installed this version and it works great for what I use it for.

--SnowItch

5 Phillips DSR-704s and counting
All Directivos hacked and HMO enabled

Yog-Sothoth Avatar
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November 10, 2006 4:30 PM

The question is - does your MRV work now?

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HR10-250, Samsung SIR-S4120R, SIR-S4080R, 2 Philips DSR704s (one connected to a Slingbox A/V). One box used the "Zipper"; rest used PTVnet to enable networking features.

Generic Member Avatar
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November 10, 2006 4:59 PM

Darn - off on a tangent again...

 Yes, my MRV works perfectly with a static IP address.

 Thanks again for your help and advice.

--SnowItch

5 Phillips DSR-704s and counting
All Directivos hacked and HMO enabled

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January 1, 2008 10:48 AM

SnowItch said: Darn - off on a tangent again...  Yes, my MRV works perfectly with a static IP address.  Thanks again for your help and advice.

Follow-up on this.  I had to rebuild on of my Tivo's (failed hard drive), and re-discovered this thread when I searched for how I did this the last time.  I streamlined the process this time and wanted to share my lessons learned.

 Just to clarify - I'm using ptvnet with instantcake to hack a Phillips DSR-704 to version 6.2a.  The issue I had was that I wanted to use a static IP address, but when I used the instructions given by DVRUpgrade to change the address to static, I lost MRV.  Here are the steps I took this time to change the address to static and get mrv.

1.  Follow ptvnet script to load instantcake onto hard drives - do not reboot at the end of the script

2.  Follow the instructions in this thread to change the IP to static (mrv was working at this point - stopped working after the reboot) - reboot after these steps are taken (make sure to do all of the steps on the page if you have the appropriate DVR)

http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/10952/PTVnet--Creating-a-Static-IP-Address--two-methods-/

3.  After the DVR reboots, you will be able to access it using the static IP (mvr will not be working).  Follow the instructions above to comment out the ip address.  I copied the netconfig.itcl file into the modules folder under /ptvupgrade/tivowebplus.  I do not know if it has to be coped there - but I know it worked for me.

 4.  Reboot a 2nd time - static IP and mrv are now working.

--SnowItch

5 Phillips DSR-704s and counting
All Directivos hacked and HMO enabled

pstgh Avatar
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August 25, 2008 11:01 AM updated: August 25, 2008 11:02 AM

I followed the instructions for moving my series 2 dtivos (6.2) to static- and they are locked on my LAN at their new addresses, BUT mrv has stopped working (hmo is working fine). I attempted to copy the file netconfig.itcl into my /ptvupgrade/tivowebplus folder (should it be in /ptvupgrade/tivowebplus/modules?) but when drag and dropping it via smartftp, the file is there, but no data (on my desktop it is +/-29kb and on the dtivo it arrives as 0kb). Subsequently rebooted the dtivo and no netconfig menu item in TWP. I'm reluctant to comment out all of the address info in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author until and unless I get a netconfig menu item in TWP where I can presumably go in and setup the correct static IP.

Help appreciated!

Now three Sammys (2 S4120R & 1 S4080R) upgraded with a little help from our friends at PTVupgrade, then Superpatched for MRV & HMO.

Remember: Search is your friend.

Don't forget to watch a little television now and then guys!

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August 25, 2008 11:42 AM

Update > On two of the three of my dtivos, I have a version of ptvnet which installed TWP 1.3.1, and on those, I have now had success getting the netconfig.itcl file to activate in /ptvupgrade/tivowebplus/modules (I *believe* it was already there, just had a .bak extension, which I changed to .itcl and it worked). Subsequently went back into the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.author file and commented out all of the lines relative to dhcp or static (as mentioned above), restarted TWP, entered the proper LAN address info in the netconfig module, then rebooted the dtivo and it is now working perfectly!! The only problem now is that on one of my dtivos, I have TWP 1.2.1 not 1.3.1, so I'm now trying to understand if I 1.2.1 can run the netconfig.itcl module or not. If not, I suppose I'll need to delve into updating TWP on that machine- a task which I'm not really looking forward to.

Anyone care to suggest which route would work better? Thoughts on getting the netconfig.itcl module to work in TWP 1.2.1 or is that impossible, and it's going to be better to go update TWP to 1.3.1 on that machine?

Thanks for the assistance!

Now three Sammys (2 S4120R & 1 S4080R) upgraded with a little help from our friends at PTVupgrade, then Superpatched for MRV & HMO.

Remember: Search is your friend.

Don't forget to watch a little television now and then guys!

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September 7, 2008 10:20 AM

Well- update to the update...

I was able to get netconfig.itcl into the proper subdirectory on the twp 1.2.1 and voila, when I rebooted and went back in to twp, it was there, SO I got that third dtivo set up with my preferred ip address and all is great, EXCEPT.....

Now I'm noticing with that particular dtivo, not either of the other two (which were already running twp 1.3.1), I'm not getting my satellite guide data. The guide is there, but many of my season passes aren't seeing new programs, so the dtivo isn't recording new shows that I had previously scheduled via season passes.

Any thoughts on what might have happened to cause this dtivo to not download that data late at night from the satellite like the others are doing?

THANKS

Now three Sammys (2 S4120R & 1 S4080R) upgraded with a little help from our friends at PTVupgrade, then Superpatched for MRV & HMO.

Remember: Search is your friend.

Don't forget to watch a little television now and then guys!

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